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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAND PRESERVATION TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,096,675
Total expenses
$2,004,149
Contributions and grants received
$1,633,416
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$348,524
Investment income
$25,092
Other revenue
$89,643
Total assets, end of year
$3,623,362
Total liabilities, end of year
$108,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,515,169
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,853,241
Management and general expenses
$63,526
Fundraising expenses
$87,382
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,853,241

Program services were 92.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,362,956

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $270,460

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $9,000 · unrelated business $9,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LEGACY CHASE EVENT

    total $339,524 · related or exempt $339,524

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,092 · excluded $25,092

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $69,733

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $69,733

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $69,733 · excluded $69,733

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $19,910 · related or exempt $19,910

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,910

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $90,866 · program services $67,795 · management and general $12,511 · fundraising $10,560

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,383 · program services $3,383

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,234 · program services $13,604 · management and general $2,511 · fundraising $2,119

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,736 · program services $2,736

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,115 · program services $3,500 · management and general $20,615

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $35,145 · program services $35,145

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $35,525 · fundraising $35,525

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,243 · program services $46,977 · management and general $1,183 · fundraising $13,083

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,494 · program services $667 · management and general $7,747 · fundraising $1,080

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,012 · management and general $178 · fundraising $1,834

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,883 · program services $27,439 · fundraising $1,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,942 · program services $4,538 · management and general $2,667 · fundraising $7,737

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASE OF LAND EASEMENTS

    total $774,539 · program services $774,539

  • 24b · Other expenses: KING'S EYE RESTORATION

    total $474,023 · program services $474,023

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEGACY CHASE

    total $369,879 · program services $369,879

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $16,635 · program services $14,260 · management and general $500 · fundraising $1,875

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $42,495 · program services $14,756 · management and general $15,614 · fundraising $12,125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $283,205 · end of year $241,763

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $117,096 · end of year $205,514

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $3,000

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,933 · end of year $638

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,460,269

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,150,669

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,288,571 · end of year $2,309,600

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $244,610 · end of year $146,505

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $682,792 · end of year $716,342

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $248,893 · end of year $8,193

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $100,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,788,808 · end of year $2,997,730

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $585,506 · end of year $517,439

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE LAND PRESERVATION TRUST, INC. ASSISTS BALTIMORE COUNTY LANDOWNERS IN PROTECTING THEIR LAND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY FACILITATING VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS. THE TRUST DEMONSTRATES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND AT SHAWAN DOWNS A FIRST-CLASS EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND STEEPLECHASE COURSE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE TRUST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LAND PRESERVATION TRUST, INC. ASSISTS BALTIMORE COUNTY LANDOWNERS IN PROTECTING THEIR LAND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY FACILITATING VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS.

  • LAND PRESERVATION TRUST, INC. THE TRUST WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HUMAN NEEDS, THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND BALANCED USE OF SCENIC, NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, PRODUCTIVE, AND OPEN SPACE LANDS, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS. THE TRUST ACQUIRES PROPERTY EASEMENTS EITHER THROUGH DONATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST OR PURCHASES THROUGH THE MARYLAND RURAL LEGACY PROGRAM. THE TRUST ALSO OWNS AND OPERATES AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND STEEPLECHASE COURSE KNOWN AS SHAWAN DOWNS. SHAWAN DOWNS WAS ESTABLISHED ON 300 ACRES OF FARMLAND IN COCKEYSVILLE, MARYLAND TO PRESERVE THE LANDSCAPE'S AGRICULTURAL LEGACY WHILE BUILDING A NEW TRADITION OF EQUESTRIAN EVENTS TO BENEFIT LOCAL CHARITIES.

    Expenses $1,853,241 · Revenue $368,434

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Victoria Collins

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Edward A Halle Jr Esq

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Charles E Vieth

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Sonnenfeld

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jack S Griswold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Riepe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Wharton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5
  • Alice Chalmers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles C Fenwick Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • The Legacy Chase at Shawan Downs LLC

    Event Management · MD · income $427,321 · assets $19,200

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349309226

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